Anorthosis Famagusta Volley (men)
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| Full name | Anorthosis Famagusta Volleyball Club | ||
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| Founded | 1928 | ||
| Ground |
Themistokleio Sports Center Limassol, Cyprus | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Chairman |
 Evgenios Chamboulas | ||
| Head Coach |
Petros Kontos | ||
| League | A1 | ||
| 2012-13 | A1, 1st place | ||
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| Football | Futsal | Volleyball |
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Anorthosis Volleyball Club is the volleyball team of Anorthosis Famagusta, temporarily based in Limassol. Founded in 1928, it is one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Cyprus.
History
The history of department volleyball of Anorthosis is identified with the history of sport in Cyprus. The sport made its appearance in Famagusta in the means of decade 1920 with instructor the professor of gymnastics, Anastassis Economides. According to the proceeding of meetings of administrative council of Anorthosis, the sport of volleyball was added on 11 June 1928 with water polo. That season were playing friendly matches, while the volleyball players of Anorthosis they were playing with colours of the Gymnastic Association Evagoras (where it was creation of members of Anorthosis) at the duration of Pancyprian Fights. Historians report that period 1928-1954 "under the wise man guidance of Anastassis Economides, the team of volleyball gave to Anorthosis a lot of first victories, a lot of glory and filled the rooms of association with bowls and medals". The teams volleyball of Anorthosis participated in most tournaments that were carried out in amateur base up to 1972, under the aegis, initially, local committee SEGAS Cyprus and afterwards the Pancyprian Federation of Sports, while the athletes of Anorthosis played also a leading part in the distribution of Beach volleyball that made his appearance at the end of the decade 1940.
In 1972 with the creation of EOPE (Greek Federation of Volleyball) Anorthosis Volleyball Club, develops appreciable activity with climax the conquest Pan-Hellenic of championship (unbeaten) and its attendance in the A' championship of National category. Anorthosis is the unique team that fought in Pan-Hellenic Championship. However, the Turkish invasion deprived from the team of Famagusta, her eve in "giants" the Greek volleyball, after it was forced to withdraw five fighting before the end. If overcame even one opponent in the five games that remained her eve in A' National Category was certain. The period after the invasion was exceptionally difficult. Substantially without seat, without athletic material… However, the players of Anorthosis exceeded each obstacle and made their association in big protagonist in the sport monopolizing the titles in a lot of cases. With 19 conquests of championship, 14 conquests of cup, 7 Super Cups and 11 Doubles, it is the team with the bigger successes in the Cypriot question volleyball. In the season 2009-10, with trainer Petros Kontos, Anorthosis occupied the 1st place in the championship.
The department of woman's volleyball recrudesced for little in Larnaca after the Turkish invasion in 1974. In 1987, with initiative of Level of Anorthosis in Nicosia, the department "is built" in robustly foundations by their fans that live in Nicosia and from then participates regularly in the activities of the KOPE with bigger successes conquest 5 Super Cups, 4 Championships and 4 Cups.
Current squad
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) |
| 1 | Minos Agathokleous |
Setter | 1.83 |
| 2 | Avgoustinos Savvides |
Opposite | 1.90 |
| 3 | Maximo Antonio Montoya | Opposite | 1.98 |
| 4 | Avgoustinos Panagiotides |
Middle Blocker | 1.93 |
| 5 | Panayiotis Chyrsostomou |
Setter | 1.85 |
| 6 | Pavlos Ioannou (c) |
Middle Blocker | 1.92 |
| 7 | Gavriel Georgiou |
Wing Spiker | 1.89 |
| 8 | George Chrysostomou |
Middle Blocker | 1.98 |
| 10 | Ioannis Kontos |
Wing Spiker | 1.91 |
| 11 |  Philip Smith |
Middle Blocker | 2.03 |
| 12 | Nicos Charalambides |
Libero | 1.83 |
| 13 | Anthimos Economidis |
Setter | 1.88 |
| 14 | Giorgos Platrites |
Wing Spiker | 1.85 |
| 18 | Antonis Antoniou |
Libero | 1.72 |
Coach: Marios Kontos
Assistant Coach: Pavlos Ioannou
Scouter/Statistician: Stergios Fragkeskou
Honours
- Cypriot Championships: 21
- 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
- Cypriot Cup: 16
- 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2012, 2014
- Doubles: 12
- 1975, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994 1995, 1996, 2005, 2014
- Championship Runners-up: 8
- 1972, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2012
- Cup Finalists: 11
- 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Cypriot Super Cup: 7
- 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009